No chart today.

Calling it a day early. Another paper day scalping the ER: 10 trades (9-1-0) for $170 (-$48 comm).

I'm in SoCal and usually wake up around 5:30 am to boldly face (with bleary eyes) the market open. Then I take a quick shower and grab some breakfast a couple hours in or whenever we hit a prolonged market lull. Sometimes I have the shower and breakfast in that hour before the market opens, but that's usually not the case. It's not the ideal trading conditions, but that's my schedule. There was a time I woke up energized and was active in the pre-markets. Holding wildly moving equity positions overnight did make waking up exciting. I've always gone flat overnight since starting with futures. The thrill is gone.

This morning, my dog woke me up at 4 am to go out and then the baby started crying at 5 am. It's been a long day. I'm pooped and need a good nap.

REMINDER: Some quick points I'd like to hit on in more detail later: 1) my trading plan, 2) my flagging energy level/enthusiasm/optimism, 3) finding the chart/trade setups that "speak to me," 4) misc. other stuff brought up in the comments.